Land-roller.



A. BBILR.

i l LAND ROLLER.

f l rrnloulox FILED 23.5.19'03.

PATENTED AUG. 4,

inventer miami@ easily and economically constructed, easily body 1andare secured y nuts 9 run onto single tooth. 30"

, a receptacle for the carriage of any weight PATENT oblivion.'

AUGUST BEIER, OF DTROIT, MICHIGAN.

LNID-ROLLE'R..

No. 895 ,230. Sp ecication of lLetters Patent. Patented Aug. 4', 1908..

Application led April 6, 1908. Serial No. 425,292.

To all whom'it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST Bama, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, county of IVayne, State of Michigan, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Land-Rollers, and declare thefollowing to be a -full, clear, and exact description of the same, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to makeandmse the sama-.reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform a part of this kspeciication.

This invention relates to land rollers and clod breakers.

It has for its object an improved construction of roller provided withprojecting teeth which are arranged in ranks along the surface of theroller; any one of the teeth can be easily and readily removed andreplaced if for any reason it is desired to do so, or an entire rank ofteeth may be removed if that be desired, and the arrangement y vproducesa very strong, compact and durable roller,

kept in order, and very eiicient in action.

In the drawings z-Figure l, is a. pers ective of the assembled roller.Fig. 2, is alongitudinal section. `Fig. 3, is a detail of a The body ofthe roller 1 is preferably made from heavy sheet iron or boiler iron,mounted on spokedike supports 2 on anaxle 3, and preferably supporting aframe 4, from which the pole 5 projects forward, and a seat 6 for therider rises. The frame 4 may be utilized as material if desired. On thebody.1 of eac 1 section there are bolted longitudinal plates?,

The plates are secured to the body of the roller by bolts whichpreferablgr are inserted from the outside through the )late '1, throughthe hold the plates to the body of the roller, be-

in(r eountersunk on the outside, or convex side of the plate, and thosefor the bolts which secure the teeth to the plate, being countersunk onthe inside', or concave side of the plate. The plate thus fits closelyupon the body of the roller, and the teeth it closely upon the plate,and all the bolt heads are covered and all bolts are held in place eventhough the nuts may be loosened or y lost; any single tooth may bedetached from the plate by removing the nuts 11, and any plate may beremoved from the main body by removing the nuts 9. Preferably thecompleted roller is made in sections in the ordinary way in order thatin turning corners one section may travel at a different rate of speedfrom another section, and facilitate the handliuv of the roller in thefield.

In a land roller, in combination with a tubular body member, a plateengagin along said body member, bolts securing sai l late to the bodymember and having their liead ends on the outside of said plate andtheir threaded end's on the inside of said body member, a lurality ofindividual teeth secured to said p ate, the bolts securing said teeth tosaid plate having their head ends on the inside of said plate and theirthreaded ends on the outside, whereby the heads of all securing boltsare covered, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

AUGUST BEIER.

the bolts from the inner end. Upon these plates are secured theindividual -teeth 8,

Vv'rLLrAM Loox, EUGENE E. LOOK.

